Which Airline to Fly
During a Snow Storm

American, United Are Quick
To Cancel, While Continental,
JetBlue Stay Aloft Longer

By

Scott McCartney

Updated Feb. 21, 2006 12:01 a.m. ET

Neil Gallagher wanted to get home to New York from San Juan, but a potent snowstorm was roaring up the East Coast on Saturday, Feb. 11. American Airlines canceled his flight and gave him a blanket for bunking down in the terminal. Then he noticed a JetBlue Airways flight leave for New York.

The next day, American again canceled flights, and JetBlue continued to fly. Mr. Gallagher, an engineering professor at a Long Island college,...